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We're not from around here
Nov 29, 2011 19:00 EST
Nevada is the nation's most transient state. Forget Silver State, Nevada should be known as the Transplant State.
IKEA stops selling incandescent light bulbs in US
Jan 04, 2011 08:30 EST
Retailer IKEA is no longer stocking or selling incandescent light bulbs in US stores. Home decor and furniture company IKEA is no longer stocking or selling incandescent light bulbs in its U.S. stores, instead offering longer-lasting and energy-efficient bulbs.
Glaxo, Lilly sales weak
Oct 21, 2010 10:52 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline Plc <GSK.L> and Eli Lilly and Co <LLY.N> posted weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue, continuing a industry theme and underscoring challenges from price cuts and a lack of new products.
Special Report: Has Roche got the right medicine?
Sep 15, 2010 11:49 EDT
BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Last summer, the leaders of some of the world's top drugmakers buttonholed Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan and tried, unsuccessfully, to get him to change his mind.
Tide's Dareus ruled ineligible for 2 games
Sep 02, 2010 20:48 EDT
NCAA rules Alabama's Dareus ineligible for 2 games for taking benefits on Miami trips. Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus has been declared ineligible for two games for accepting nearly $2,000 in improper benefits during two trips to Miami.
Sanofi makes $18.5 billion Genzyme offer public
Aug 29, 2010 21:49 EDT
PHILADELPHIA/PARIS (Reuters) - France's Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion, $69-per-share cash offer for Genzyme Corp in a bid to rouse shareholders after failing to engage the U.S. biotechnology company in merger talks.
Sanofi makes $18.5 billion Genzyme offer public
Aug 29, 2010 21:49 EDT
PHILADELPHIA/PARIS (Reuters) - France's Sanofi-Aventis on Sunday publicly disclosed its $18.5 billion, $69-per-share cash offer for Genzyme Corp in a bid to rouse shareholders after failing to engage the U.S. biotechnology company in merger talks.
U.S. advisers say keep Glaxo's Avandia on the market
Jul 14, 2010 20:10 EDT
GAITHERSBURG (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia should be allowed to stay on the market but with additional warnings, U.S. health advisers recommended on Wednesday, easing a threat of further costly litigation that could have followed a ban.
U.S. advisers say keep Glaxo diabetes drug on market
Jul 14, 2010 18:39 EDT
GAITHERSBURG, Md (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes drug Avandia should be allowed to stay on the market but with additional warnings, U.S. health advisers recommended on Wednesday, easing a threat of further costly litigation that could have followed a ban.
Instant view: U.S. advisers say keep Glaxo's Avandia on market
Jul 14, 2010 16:32 EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. health advisers voted on Wednesday to keep GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia diabetes drug on the market, with a majority of those in favor recommending the treatment carry additional warnings.
EU and U.S. weigh fate of Glaxo's Avandia
Jul 09, 2010 17:03 EDT
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes pill Avandia came under intense scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic on Friday, leaving the drug's future uncertain as its maker battles a wave of lawsuits.
EU and U.S. ask if Glaxo's Avandia has a future
Jul 09, 2010 13:55 EDT
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's diabetes pill Avandia came under intense scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic on Friday, leaving the drug's future uncertain as its maker battles a growing tide of lawsuits.
Astra pays up to $1.2 billion for Rigel arthritis drug
Feb 16, 2010 11:54 EST
LONDON/BANGALORE (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc waded into the competitive rheumatoid arthritis market on Tuesday by buying rights to Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc's next-generation drug R788 for up to $1.245 billion.
Henry's late TD leads Buffalo over Akron 21-17
Oct 17, 2009 19:32 EDT
Mario Henry's 1-yard TD run, Maynard's 2 TD passes lift Buffalo over Akron 21-17. Mario Henry's 1-yard touchdown with 5:59 left gave Buffalo a 21-17 win over Akron on Saturday.
Fence-sitters have made `cash for clunkers' a hit
Aug 06, 2009 20:16 EDT
What made `cash for clunkers' so popular? Green _ and not the environmental kind. The people who have made "cash for clunkers" such a success were fence-sitters ? a Virginia family wondering whether to keep pouring money into what they called the "dog car," a Colorado couple hanging on to their Ford in case the children ever wanted it.
Little-known fundÕs $100 million might save jobs, programs
Aug 04, 2009 20:00 EDT
Account could be tapped to avoid deeper cuts in social services. Service employees listened intently last week as number-crunchers said Clark County will begin the next fiscal year $115Êmillion in the red a deficit that could lead to job cuts among their unions 9,500 county workers.
Researchers say Obama has German roots
Jun 04, 2009 14:23 EDT
Records suggest Obama has German roots dating back to 1700s. Barack Obama in traditional German lederhosen? It may be hard to imagine, but researchers in the U.S. say they have located documents that prove the president has German roots dating to the 1700s.
Researchers say Obama has German roots
Jun 04, 2009 08:33 EDT
Records suggest Obama has German roots dating back to 1700s. Barack Obama in traditional German lederhosen? It may be hard to imagine, but researchers in the U.S. say they have located documents that prove the president has German roots dating to the 1700s.
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